 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 608 pages
...our fate. "At length Corruption, like a gen'ral flood, " (So long by watchful ministers withstood) " Shall deluge all ; and Av'rice creeping on, " Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun. 140 " Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, " Peeress and butler share alike the box, " The Judge... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - London (England) - 1890 - 360 pages
...even the heir-apparent, were not ashamed to lend their countenance. As Pope puts it, — " Statesmen and patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress and butler share alike the bo^, And judges jib, and bishops bite the town, And mighty dukes pack cards for half-a-crown." At 'Change... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1891 - 340 pages
...of those who suffered most severely by the bill of pains and penalties on the said directors. — P. Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun ; Statesman...the stocks, Peeress and butler share alike the box, 140 And judges job, and bishops bite the town, And mighty dukes pack cards for half-a-crown. See Britain... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
...Dis' ' At length Corruption, like a gen'ral flood, 135 " (So long by watchful Ministers withstood) "Shall deluge all; and Av'rice, creeping on, "Spread...the stocks, "Peeress and Butler share alike the Box, 140 " And Judges job, and Bishops bite the town, "And mighty Dukes pack Cards for half a crown. "See... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...was a Dis"At length Corruption, like a gen'ral flood, 135 " (So long by watchful Ministers withstood) "Shall deluge all; and Av'rice, creeping on, "Spread...the stocks, "Peeress and Butler share alike the Box, 140 ' ' And Judges job, and Bishops bite the town, "And mighty Dukes pack Cards for half a crown. "... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720 - 1923 - 328 pages
...corruption, like a general flood, (So long by watchful ministers withstood) Shall delude all ; and avarice creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot...sun ; Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, 1'ecress and butler share alike the box, And judges job, and bishops bite the town, And mighty bishops... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1926 - 310 pages
...our fate : "At length Corruption, like a gen'ral flood 13* (So long by watchful Ministers withstood), Shall deluge all; and Av'rice creeping on, Spread...the stocks, Peeress and Butler share alike the Box, i4<v And mighty Dukes pack cards for half-a-crown. See Britain sunk in lucre's sordid charms, And France... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...words our fate: 'At length Corruption, like a gen'ral flood, (So long by watchful Ministers withstood) Shall deluge all; and Av'rice creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the Sun; 140 Statesman and Patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress and Butler share alike the Box, And Judges... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...corruption, like a general flood, (So long by watchful ministers withstood) Shall deluge all; and avarice creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot...Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress and buder share alike the box, 140 And judges job, and bishops bite the town, And mighty dukes pack cards... | |
 | Janet Gleeson - Business & Economics - 2001 - 300 pages
...general flood, Shall deluge all, and av'rice creeping on (So long by watchful ministers withstood) Spread, like a low-born mist, and blot the sun. Statesman...the stocks, Peeress and butler share alike the box; The judge shall job, the bishops bite the town, And mighty Dukes pack cards for half-a-crown: See Britain... | |
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At length corruption, like a general flood (So long by watchful ministers withstood,) Shall deluge all ; and avarice creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun... 
